Kung Pao Noodles: Recipe Using Chicken

Updated on September 14, 2011

Kung Pao Noodles

Who invented
noodles? For years, the Chinese,
Italians and Arabs have tried to lay claim to this ingenious culinary invention. If dead people can talk; buried, long dead
noodles probably can talk too! Just ask
some long, lost millet noodles.

According to
a BBC News report, archeologists uncovered the remains of the world’s oldest
noodles. Sitting in pot, are some 50cm
long strands of yellow noodles, browned with age, but nonetheless intact, probably buried during a catastrophic flood. Now,
the million dollar question is where? In the Laijia Archaelogical site on the
Yellow River, China.

Noodles

Source

Radiocarbon
dating of the material taken from this site indicated that the noodles were
4,000 years old. Wow! But noodles actually date far back—the earliest
written record of noodles is traced back to a book written during the East Han
Dynasty (bet. AD. 25 and 220).

While the Italians
and Arabs can still contend about these archaeological evidences, researchers
in Beijing were quick to explain, “Our discovery indicated that noodles were
first produced in China.”

Whoever! I’m just glad that someone came up with these
culinary strands of deliciousness.

My version
of Kung Pao Noodles is a happy marriage between Chinese sauces and good old
Italian noodles. Here’s to Asian Fusion:

Delicious Kung Pao Noodles

Kung Pao
Noodles

Sauce:

3
tablespoons of oyster sauce

3
tablespoons of Ketchup

1 teaspoon
of soya sauce

1 teaspoon
of sugar

Mix all the above
in a small bowl.

2 chicken
breast, thinly sliced

2 scallions,
cut into chunks

1 red
pepper, diced

1 cup of
green beans (optional)

3 cloves of
garlic, chopped

1 thumb of
ginger, sliced

4 or 5 dried
red chili pods

A handful of
peanuts or cashews

1. Coat the pan with some sesame oil.

2. Sautee garlic, ginger, red chili pods until
fragrant.

3. Add chicken
and sautee until done.

4. Toss in diced peppers and green beans and sautee
for a minute or two.

5. Add noodles and sauce and mix well.

6. Season with salt and sugar to taste if needed
(according to personal preference).

anglnwu I just wanted to let you know I made the noodles and they turned out great ! I am also happy to report to you the kitchen did not burn down and no one died after they ate my cooking ! Just followin up . Have a nice weekend .

anglnwu 7 years ago Author

Glad your noodles turned out well and nobody died (that's the most important part). You know it's the cook, not the recipe--so kudos on your efforts. Have a good weekend too.